1. Robert Wedgeworth is an American librarian who was the founding President of ProLiteracy Worldwide, an adult literacy organization.
15 Facts About Robert Wedgeworth
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Robert Wedgeworth is a former executive director of the American Library Association, served as president of IFLA, served as Dean of the School of Library Service at Columbia University, and was university librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Robert Wedgeworth has authored and edited several major reference works, and has won many awards over the course of his career.
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Robert Wedgeworth joined the doctoral program in library services at Rutgers University, but left in 1972 to become the executive director of the American Library Association.
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In 2012, Robert Wedgeworth returned to Rutgers, and defended and received his PhD.
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Robert Wedgeworth served as University Librarian, Professor of Library Administration and Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from November 1993 until August 20,1999 when he retired from the University.
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Robert Wedgeworth moved to the Graduate School of Library Service, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey in the fall of 1969 to do advanced studies in librarianship and teach in the graduate program.
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Robert Wedgeworth left Rutgers to become Executive Director of the American Library Association in August 1972.
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Robert Wedgeworth developed a new Headquarters building in a joint venture that more than doubled the value of its property and produced a windfall profit of more than $10 million by 2003.
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Robert Wedgeworth then persuaded the Advertising Council to launch the first nationwide ad campaign promoting adult literacy.
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At Illinois, Robert Wedgeworth reorganized the library faculty and transformed a 1970s university library, technologically, into a 1990s university library.
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Robert Wedgeworth became President of ProLiteracy Worldwide in August 2002 when Laubach Literacy International and Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc merged.
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Robert Wedgeworth is only the second American to be elected IFLA President and the only one to be elected to serve a second term.
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Robert Wedgeworth led the transformation of IFLA by introducing a global communications system through the technical support of SilverPlatter and the National Library of Canada.
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Robert Wedgeworth has conducted special studies of librarianship and the book trade in Western Europe, Latin America and South Africa.